I was always with him after that moment. Over time, I felt as though I could relate to him in some ways, aru.

It seemed as though we both had our childhoods stolen from us.

[After going through so many revolutions and civil wars that clashed with his traditional beliefs as well as the new ones that had been introduced to him, China's respect for his past royal families was not as deep as before, but that didn't mean it was completely gone. They were a part of his history after all.]